In fact, Zhao Ji had already found the hiding place of the Nanjiang tribe before the Prime Minister's men found it.

Because Zhao Ji had the poisonous insect that was given to him by A Tie from Nanjiang. This insect was actually useless. It was not poisonous and had no other special features.

But there is one thing that is particularly powerful, that is, he can very well identify the aura of people from the royal family.

In A Tie's words, the reason why this poisonous insect was researched was so that his clan could avoid the royal lineage of southern Xinjiang people when they were traveling outside.

So not long after Zhao Ji activated the insect, he found himself in the alley.

And Zhao Ji also heard what these people from southern Xinjiang were discussing.

"It turns out that they have an army of 100,000. No wonder Nanjiang A Tie and his 30,000 troops did not dare to engage in a civil war with these people. The gap in strength is already three times..."

After Zhao Ji had a general understanding of the situation, he left carefully.

At the same time, other plans emerged in Zhao Ji's mind.

This group of people from southern Xinjiang found that their plans had been going much more smoothly recently, as if with divine help.

For example, if some of them wanted to disguise themselves and sneak out of the city, they would definitely be searched and have their faces checked by the guards in the imperial city.

But when it happened to be their turn, there was a commotion, so the people guarding the city wall had no time to take a closer look at their faces. In order to get the job done, they let them go.

After these people went out, they felt a lingering fear.

At the same time, they also understood the situation at the city gate, and it seemed that they could no longer use the method of disguise.

But after all, they were not native to the imperial city. If they didn't use the method of disguise, they really had no other tricks.

Just at this time, a shop was looking for someone to transport night incense. And they said that this job required going out of town to transport the night incense every once in a while.

Isn't this exactly their dream job? They can leave the city and leave with a reputation.

So this group of people immediately applied for this job. There was no one to compete with them.

So these people immediately found a way to leave the city safely, which was very stable.

Under such circumstances, they quickly left the imperial city in batches.

The person behind all this was Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji needed these people to bring back the news and also needed to lure out the 100,000 troops from southern Xinjiang.

Unfortunately, the prime minister had just locked on the target group, the Nanjiang clan, when all of them slipped away. The poor prime minister was still searching in the city, but there was no news at all.

Zhao Ji was observing the prime minister in secret, watching him doing useless things, but he said nothing, because in Zhao Ji's opinion, the prime minister was just a grasshopper in autumn, and he would not be able to jump for long.

The prime minister didn't know that his every move was part of Zhao Ji's plan. At this time, he was anxiously looking for the Nanjiang clan, but this group of people was like fish in the sea and could not be found no matter what.

The reason why the prime minister chose to cancel the imperial examination was because he could not conjure up an emperor to participate in the final palace examination.

Although he could delay the matter by saying that the emperor was seriously ill, it could only delay the matter for a while.

You must know that since the founding of the dynasty, the emperor must personally participate in the palace examination.

If the emperor doesn't participate, then there is no point in selecting the right person.

Even all the civil and military officials in the court refused to recognize it.

It is precisely because of this that the Prime Minister is so worried.

Of course he could release the news that the emperor was in a coma.

But in this case, if some neutral ministers insisted on asking the imperial physician to treat the emperor and report the situation, then he would naturally not be able to hide the fact that the emperor had disappeared.

Now the Prime Minister feels that he is in a difficult situation, and he cannot find the suspicious southern Xinjiang clan to bring the emperor back.

At the same time, there was no way to give those scholars who took part in the imperial examinations a result.

Now all the prime minister can do is to implement the strategy of procrastination.

Just at this moment, news suddenly came from people on the border, saying that a large army from the southern border was approaching, with more than 100,000 people, and they had now captured three cities in the south.

It seemed that they were about to attack Huanglong and head straight for the capital.

The Prime Minister was greatly shocked when he heard the news, mainly because he did not expect that Southern Xinjiang would directly attack.

The eldest prince of southern Xinjiang, whom the prime minister had contacted, was a man who was skilled in political schemes and wanted to dominate the world by political schemes.

The prime minister was not clear about the internal situation of Southern Xinjiang, but he knew that Southern Xinjiang was not ruled by only the eldest prince.

After all, there is no royal family that does not believe in having many children and more blessings.

Therefore, the army's approach this time was enough to make the prime minister realize that he could no longer hold on to the hot potato of southern Xinjiang.

"Have the generals from the south been sent over?" The prime minister anxiously discussed with the ministers in the court.

Those who can now discuss matters with the prime minister are definitely not just the prime minister’s followers.

Among them were some neutral ministers, as well as ministers from the little prince's side who had defected.

After hearing about the southern Xinjiang army approaching, the ministers looked at each other in bewilderment. One of the neutral ministers said directly: "The matter is too urgent now. Even if the emperor is recuperating, I'm afraid we should inform the emperor of this news first and let him make the decision!"

"Although the emperor has been ill for a long time, if the head of the Imperial Hospital can help him with his magic needles, I'm afraid he can be forced to wake up for a while. Although it will be harmful to his body, I believe the emperor knows that he will not care about these things in this emergency. It's okay to let the Imperial Hospital warm up the emperor's body when the time comes!"

It was obvious that the neutral ministers wanted to meet the emperor and let him make the decision.

After all, several cities have been lost in a row, and no one is willing to take such responsibility.

The prime minister's face was gloomy, and at this moment, those ministers who supported the little prince also jumped out.

What he said was no different from what these neutral ministers said.

For a moment, the prime minister felt that he was surrounded by danger and that a disaster was imminent.

Just at this moment, another battle report came.

Another city was lost in the south.

The prime minister felt a black screen in front of his eyes and felt that he was going crazy because of the current situation.

Where can he conjure up an emperor?

At this moment, the third prince strode in from outside.

"You all don't want to take responsibility, so I will take it on. Aren't they just a tribe of southern barbarians? If they are lucky enough to capture a few cities, we can transfer some of our troops stationed outside the capital to them. I don't believe these people can withstand the elite soldiers of the Celestial Empire!"

The third prince is extremely powerful.